NCT03404141

Stress Reduction Therapy for Pregnant Women

Psychological Therapy to Reduce Levels of Stress Among Pregnant Women

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universidad de Granada · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Prenatal stress is associated with negative outcomes such as postpartum depression, prematurity or neurodevelopmental delays. The aim of this study is to implement a psychological therapy to reduce stress during pregnancy.

Detailed description

Objective: To assess whether the group of pregnant women have lower levels of stress after attending the psychological therapy than the group attending parent craft classes. The cognitive-behavioural therapy to reduce stress will be held in 10 sessions (1 per week) as follows: First session: General information about pregnancy. Pregnant women will describe what can they do to reduce stress levels. Second session: Breathing techniques and talk about how last week went. Third session: Muscle relaxation and guided imagination techniques Fourth session: Cognitive restructuring. Being able to detect thoughts and feelings Fifth session: Detect cognitive distortions Sixth session: Cognitive restructuring Seventh session: Time management Eighth session: Problems solving Ninth session: Assertively and social skills Tenth session: How to ask for help when needed and learning to say "No".

Conditions

• Prenatal Stress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Parent craft	Midwife-guided classes for pregnant women about pregnancy and childbirth
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy	Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to reduce stress levels among pregnant women

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-06-01
• Primary completion: 2021-06-01
• Completion: 2021-12-01
• First posted: 2018-01-19
• Last updated: 2021-05-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain